victoria



PatentedApr. 25, I899..

AUMONT. GONTRIVANOE FOB HOI. ATGH BOXES HAVING SLIDING COVERS.

' (pp t fi1adOct.27,1898.)

(No Model.)

Wit 71.65 S25 rrn rA'rEs ALFRED AUMONT, OF COLLIN Gl/VOOD, VICTORIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONF-IIALF TO FREDERICK ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

CONIRIVANCE FOR HOLDING MATCH-BOXES HAVING SLIDING COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,864, dated April 25, 1899.

Application filed October 27, 1898. erial No. 694,691. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,ALFRED AUMONT,teacher, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at No. (31 Perry street, Collingwood, in the British Colony of Victoria, have invented an Improved Contrivance for IIolding Match- Boxes Having Sliding Covers, (for which I, in conjunction with Frederick Alexander Cam pbell, civil engin eer, also a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at the Working Mens College, Melbourne, in the said British Colony of Victoria, have applied for a patent in Victoria, No. 15,316, dated June 29, 1898; in New South Vales, No. 8,474, dated June 30,1898; in South Australia, No. 5,469, dated July 8, 1898, and in Great Britain, No. 16,831, dated August 3, 1898,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention has been devised in order to provide a simple, cheap, and handy contrivance for holding match-boxes having sliding covers, such as are ordinarily used for safetymatches.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherein Figure l is a part elevation of the contrivance, showing it fitted with a box of matches. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing a slightly-modified form of the contrivance.

The invention consists of a support or frame A, having a rectangular or approximately rec-- tangular recess B of about the same length as the match-box C, for which it is intended, while one end or shoulder (preferably the lower one) of said recess (or its equivalent.) has a longitudinal kerf, slit, or passage D, extending in or about the same plane to the back of the recess, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. If preferred, a second similar kerf, slit, or passage E, extending upward or downward, as preferred, from the front of the recess, may be provided to receive the front of the cover C. If two of these kerfs, slits, or passages are used, the front of the cover or envelop C slides into the front kerf E, as illustrated in Fig. 3, in which case the overlapping part F of the holder completely screens said cover C, and thus its unsightly appearance is hidden from View. In either arrangement means, such as holes G G, may be pro vided to receive nails or other fastenings for securing the contrivance to a wall, or it may be formed with a convenient base, so that it will stand on a table or other support.

The longitudinal kerf, slit, or passage D, extending longitudinally into the body of the frame or support A in a plane coincident with the bottom wall of the recess 13, is important in my construction in that it provides means whereby the sliding cover may be slid partially off the box-body after the box as a whole has been inserted into the recess B, thereby firmly and securely retaining the box and cover in a very simple manner and without materially increasing the cost of manufacturing the match-box holder.

In order to use the contrivance, the matchbox 0 is simply placed in the recess 13 and the sliding cover or envelop C drawn down or up, as the case may be, into the longitudinal kerfs, slits, orpassages D E, thus securely holding the box in position and at the same time exposing the matches. The match-box may be withdrawn from the holder by sliding back the envelop or cover C, thereby closing the box, which may then be removed.

A pivotally-suspended tray or receptacle is provided for receiving the burned ends of the matches. A convenient arrangement for this purpose is illustrated in Fig. 3, and consists of a piece of thin sheet metal, such as H, bent into shape and having its sides pivoted at I on each side of the holder, so that it can be swung up when it is required to be emptied, as illustrated in dotted lines in said figure.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is A match-box holder, consisting of a frame or support A constructed with a match-boxreceiving recess B and a longitudinal kerf D extending longitudinally into the body of said frame or support substantially coincident with the bottom wall of the match-box recess, said kerf receiving a part of the match-box cover when slid partially off the box-body substantially as and for the purpose described.

ALFRED AUMONT.

I/Vitnesses:

EDWARD WATERS, EDWARD .IVATERs, J unr. 

